Why doesn’t every computer have a hardware based static ipv32 address, along with a private key to prove it is the sole owner of the address?
Why doesn’t every computer have a hardware based static ipv32 address, along with a private key to prove it is the sole owner of the address?
Lack of demand.
Phones having unique unalterable numbers was never an intentional feature desired by users, just a limitation of the available technology.
Computer network cards do have such a number, their MAC address, but modern ones can scramble it to avoid being tracked, without any loss of ability to be reached by everyone you want to be reached by.